Tiny yet power-packed, a little dynamo resides at the core of Plasmacluster Ion technology. Our Sharp air purifier review continues with a focus on the intense high concentration Plasmacluster Ion generator. Only 57mm by 28.5mm by 15.5mm in dimensions, this little gadget is responsible for the all-important reactive agents.

Plasmacluster Ion Technology Synopsis

When positive and negative charges are administered to the discharge electrodes in the Plasmacluster Ion generator, plasma is generated. Increasingly, plasma is accepted as the 4th state of matter, after the commonly known solid, liquid and gas. Comprising electrons that roam freely without bondage to any molecule or atom, plasma exists in a partly ionized gaseous condition. Water molecules existing naturally in the plasma are broken down into negative oxygen ions and positive hydrogen ions. Distinct and stable Plasmacluster Ions are created when atmospheric water molecules form clusters around the hydrogen and oxygen ions. The highly unstable and super-reactive hydroxyl radical comes into existence once Plasmacluster Ions touch any pathogens. The volatile nature of hydroxyl radicals causes them to swiftly bond with hydrogen atoms on the outer membranes of pathogens. The outcome; harmless water as a by-product and dead pathogens. What an ideal solution! But is it for real?

Plasmacluster Ion – Fact or Science Fiction?

An honest Sharp air purifier review should not ignore the insecapable question – are Plasmacluster Ions science fiction or fact? Plasmacluster Ions, like many nano-technological products, are completely invisible to the naked human eye. Making matters tricky for individuals who rely on air purifiers is the inability to test the validity of the claims. Accordingly, individuals can only depend on the findings of tests conducted with Plasmacluster Ions. This is done in 2 ways, in the laboratory (efficacy test) and in the real world (efficiency test).

Anticipating these valid consumer concerns is testimony of the long track record of successes by Sharp. For this purpose, Sharp introduced and continues to promote the concept of academic marketing. This is a collaborative research approach to product marketing, whereby the effectiveness of Plasmacluster Ion technology is verified based on scientific data developed in conjunction with leading academic research institutions. Scientific data generated from such collaborative efforts becomes the foundation of new products from Sharp. Effectiveness has been further dissected into 2 separate categories, efficacy and efficiency. Efficacy testing has been the focus from the year 2000 to July 2009. Moving to center-stage currently is efficiency testing, typically conducted on the premises of business end users of Plasmacluster Ion technology.

Plasmacluster Ion – Authentication at Cellular Level

Digging deeper for this Sharp air purifier review, we noted that Sharp is going all out in the industry by leading in efficacy and efficiency testing. On 17 November 2004, Sharp announced the results of studies by Professor Gerhard Artmann of the Department of Cell Biophysics and Bioengineering, University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Cellular engineering expert Professor Artmann used an electron microscope to demonstrate that Plasmacluster Ions destroyed at least 60 types of proteins on the cell membranes of bacteria and viruses.

A test result with important implications was that the core DNA of pathogens were unaffected by Plasmacluster Ions as these do not perforate the cell membrane. As DNA destruction is not relied upon to inactivate pathogens, unlike some other competing air purification technologies, a clear advantage is claimed. Without quite saying so, the dangers of cancer from DNA annihilation is clearly alluded to for users of other air purification technologies.

Plasmacluster Ion – Efficacy Testing

This current Sharp air purifier review puts on one page the efficacy tests on various pathogens performed by organizations engaged by Sharp. Conducted over the years from September 2000 to July 2009, the tests have proven that Plasmacluster Ions are effective in removing 28 kinds of harmful airborne microorganisms. Of the virulent microorganisms, the most important ones are MRSA (notorious for causing mortifying infections in hospitalized patients), the terrifying SARS virus, the potentially deadly H5N1 avian flu virus and a variant of the H1N1 virus that surfaced in Mexico in 2009.

The polio virus and the coxsackie virus which causes the common cold are also destroyed by Plasmacluster Ions. Also inactivated are staphylococcus, white staphylococcus, enterococcus, micrococcus, escherichia coli, serrata bacterium, candida, sarcina, pseudomonas and bacillus subtilis. Pollen, allergens, mites are also effectively destroyed together with stachybotrys, penicillium, mucor, cladosporium, alternaria and aspergillus.

The following organizations conducted tests on Plasmacluster Ion technology:

- Ishikawa Health Service Association, Japan

- Kitasato Institute, Medical Center Hospital, Japan

- Kitasato Research Center of Environmental Sciences, Japan

- Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Japan

- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China

- Seoul University, Korea

- Asthma Society of Canada

- Harvard School of Public Health, USA

- CT&T, Aachen University of Applied Science, Germany

- University of Lübeck, Germany

- Retroscreen Virology, Ltd., London, UK

The most recent test reported on 27 July 2009 was conducted by Osaka City University Medical School to validate the inhibitory effects of Plasmacluster Ions on allergic reactions caused by mite allergens or mite dust (mite feces and dead mites).

To summarize our Sharp air purifier review in relation to efficacy testing, we place great importance on the OECD GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) status of the testing organizations as the test results attain international recognition. Renewable on a 3-year basis, GLP status is internationally recognized. So obviously crucial yet detractors of academic marketing and air purification technologies choose to completely ignore this factor. Interestingly, that the scientific data from a GLP laboratory can be replicated for a scientific peer review is completely ignored. The much-vaunted scientific peer review is the last frontier to be conquered before the world will change its perceptions of the air purification industry and with it, Sharp’s Plasmacluster Ion technology!

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Deceptively tiny is the little dynamo that powers the potentially far-reaching Plasmacluster Ion technology. Our Sharp air purifier review will feature the ultra-high concentration Plasmacluster Ion generator. Removing this tiny gadget, which measures only 57mm by 28.5mm by 15.5mm, would turn an air purifier into nothing but an electricity guzzler.

[Overview of Plasmacluster Ion Technology|Plasmacluster Ion Technology Overview|Plasmacluster Ion Technology Synopsis|Synopsis of Plasmacluster Ion Technology]

Plasma is generated when negative and positive voltages are directed at the discharge electrodes in the Plasmacluster Ion generator. Increasingly, plasma is accepted as the 4th state of matter, after the commonly known gas, liquid, solid. It is a partially ionized gas-like state wherein some electrons are free and not bound to an atom or molecule. Positive hydrogen ions and negative oxygen ions are formed from the decomposition of water molecules in the plasma. Plasmacluster Ions, stable and distinguishable, are created when water molecules in the room air surround the oxygen ions and hydrogen ions in clusters. Any contact by Plasmacluster Ions with pathogens leads to the instantaneous formation of the highly unstable and reactive hydroxyl radical. Such a mercurial make-up causes hydroxyl radicals to quickly interact with hydrogen atoms on the surface mebranes of pathogens. And the result; inactivated pathogens and a harmless by-product, water. The perfect scenario! But is it for real?

Plasmacluster Ion – [Fact or Fiction|Fiction or Fact|Scientific Fact or Fiction|Fact or Science Fiction|Scientific Fact or Science Fiction|Science Fiction or Scientific Fact]?

[A genuine|A serious|An honest|A reliable] Sharp air purifier review [cannot avoid asking the inevitable|brush away the inevitable question|cannot ignore the basic doubt in users' minds|must resolve a fundamental doubt|has to deal with a basic issue|has to resolve the most basic doubt|will not sweep aside an important doubt|will not cast aside a crucial issue|must not set aside a critical point|cannot escape the obvious question|should not ignore the insecapable question] – are Plasmacluster Ions [fact or fiction|fiction or fact|science fiction or fact|fiction or scientific fact|science fiction or scientific fact]? As with many other products emerging from the field of nanotechnology, Plasmacluster Ions are invisible to the naked eye. Complicating the problem for individuals who use air purifiers is the lack of means to authenticate the claims. Accordingly, individuals can only depend on the findings of tests conducted with Plasmacluster Ions. This is done in 2 ways, in the laboratory (efficacy test) and in the real world (efficiency test).

Addressing these very real concerns of consumers instead of skirting the issue is testament to Sharp’s long track record of successes. Developed almost into an art by Sharp is the concept of academic marketing. In association with leading academic institutions, Sharp puts its claims for Plasmacluster Ions to the test by scientists. The scientific data that is produced forms the basis for new Sharp products. Sharp has fine-tuned the definition of effectiveness into efficacy and efficiency. The years between 2000 and July 2009 has seen Sharp focusing on efficacy testing. Moving to center-stage currently is efficiency testing, typically conducted on the premises of business end users of Plasmacluster Ion technology.

[Plasmacluster Ion – Authentication at Cellular Level|Plasmacluster Ion – Certification at Molecular Levels|Plasmacluster Ion – Verification at Atomic Levels]

[Digging deeper for this|Delving deep for this|Probing indepth for this|Seeking further for the purpose of this] Sharp air purifier review, [we found that Sharp had gone beyond the typical efficacy and efficiency tests of the industry|we discovered that Sharp is doing its utmost in efficacy and efficiency testing so as to be outstanding in the industry|we noted that Sharp is going all out in the industry by leading in efficacy and efficiency testing|we believe that it is Sharp's strategy to focus on efficacy and efficiency testing to become the leader|we sense that Sharp may be cementing its lead in this controversial industry with its focus on efficacy and efficiency testing|we are convinced that Sharp believes that science will give them the lead; hence the focus on efficacy and efficiency testing|it became clear to us that Sharp firmly believes that the science in efficacy and efficiency testing will give them the industry lead]. On 17 November 2004, Sharp announced the results of studies by Professor Gerhard Artmann of the Department of Cell Biophysics and Bioengineering, University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Cellular engineering expert Professor Artmann used an electron microscope to demonstrate that Plasmacluster Ions destroyed at least 60 types of proteins on the cell membranes of bacteria and viruses.

That the pathogenic cell DNA is unaffected by Plasmacluster Ions which do not puncture the cell membrane is of great importance. Unlike other competing air purifiers which rely on DNA destruction to be effective, an advantage is claimed here by Plasmacluster Ions technology. The flipside of this claim is that possible interference with DNA may have unintended cancer implications to users of other technologies.

[Plasmacluster Ion – Efficacy Tests|Plasmacluster Ion – Efficacy Testing]

This current Sharp air purifier review [highlights the efficacy tests that Sharp has conducted, together with several organizations, on various pathogens|summarizes t he efficacy tests conducted on various pathogens by Sharp and its partners|puts together some of the efficacy tests on pathogens performed by Sharp together with many organizations|condenses in one place the efficacy tests on pathogens conducted by Sharp|puts on one page the efficacy tests on various pathogens performed by organizations engaged by Sharp|spotlights the efficacy tests on pathogens conducted by various organizations on behalf of Sharp]. Efficacy tests conducted from September 2000 to July 2009 have attested to the effectiveness of Plasmacluster Ions in the inactivation of 28 types of detrimental airborne microorganisms. Of the virulent microorganisms, the most important ones are MRSA (notorious for causing mortifying infections in hospitalized patients), the terrifying SARS virus, the potentially deadly H5N1 avian flu virus and a variant of the H1N1 virus that surfaced in Mexico in 2009.

The polio virus and the coxsackie virus which causes the common cold are also destroyed by Plasmacluster Ions. Also annihilated are candida, pseudomonas, serrata bacterium, sarcina, escherichia coli, bacillus subtilis, micrococcus, enterococcus, white staphylococcus and staphylococcus. Allergens, pollen, mites, have also been effectively eradicated together with fungi like aspergillus, alternaria, cladosporium, mucor, penicillium and stachybotrys.

[Organizations which worked with Sharp included the following|The organizations, some of which conducted multiple tests, were|Many organizations, counting among them some prestigious names, worked with Sharp; including|The following organizations worked with Sharp|The following organizations conducted tests on Plasmacluster Ion technology]:

- Retroscreen Virology, Ltd., London, UK

- Harvard School of Public Health, USA

- University of Lübeck, Germany

- Asthma Society of Canada

- Seoul University, Korea

- CT&T, Aachen University of Applied Science, Germany

- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China

- Kitasato Institute, Medical Center Hospital, Japan

- Kitasato Research Center of Environmental Sciences, Japan

- Ishikawa Health Service Association, Japan

- Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Japan

The last reported efficacy test was reported on 27 July 2009 involving the Osaka City University Medical School validating the inhibitory power of Plasmacluster Ions on allergic reactions caused by mite allergens or mite dust (mite feces and dead mites).

[In summarizing|Wrapping up|In concluding|To wrap up|To summarize|To conclude] our Sharp air purifier review [with regard to|on|concerning|in relation to] efficacy testing, [we would highlight that a key factor is that they were conducted by organizations which have attained GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) status, an OECD guideline that attests the reliability of tests results produced|we note the importance of the GLP (Good Laboratory Practices), an OECD standard that lends weight to test results, status of the testing organizations|we place great importance on the OECD GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) status of the testing organizations as the test results attain international recognition|we emphasize the OECD GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) status of the testing organizations as this accords dependability to the test results]. [GLP status has to be renewed every 3 years|GLP status is renewable on a 3-year basis|GLP is an international standard that must be renewed every three years|Renewable on a 3-year basis, GLP status is internationally recognized|Renewed on a three year basis, GLP status is of international standard]. This is an important factor that is often ignored by critics of air purification technologies and academic marketing. Another conveniently overlooked factor is the fact that the data from a GLP laboratory can be easily the subject of a scientific peer review. As we know, the scientific peer review is the missing final jigsaw piece in the puzzle of all air purification technologies, Plasmacluster Ion technology included!

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